midori koi

[koijay]

hello fellow koi nuts. i`have been keeping koi for about 6 years now and now getting some very high quility koi for my 1000 gallon indoor pond.i just bought a 10 inch midorigoi from a importer here in fla. i recived all the paper work with the fish. IT is 18 months old from the breeder toraza, i can see a lot of green under the skin over the lateral line on both sides and the doitsu scales along his dorsal. Any ideas on how to bring out the green would be great.i keep the ph indoors at 7.6 add 2 lbs of salt per 100 gallons, feed nothing but dainichi premium and hi-silk

[dick benbow]

Midori are extremely difficult to keep. They fall into the class of koi that like asagi, shusui, kikusui etc don't like hard water. Most nice ones as tosai often turn a very yellowish color with age. I have seen some Wagoi that i liked better lately.

what's with the salt?

[koiczar]

Koijay

Welcome to the board!

You mention you received paperwork with this fish and it lists the breeder as Toraza. I've never heard of this breeder before. Are you sure of the spelling? Please don't say it's TORAZO, because Torazo doesn't breed midorigoi.

[aquitori]

Koijay, welcome to the board...I was looking for that breeder in my "Breeder Guide" the little blue book and didn't see that name in there...Mike is right it can't be Torazo....They breed GoSanke...

[dinh]

Perhaps, Tazawa - an excellent midorigoi breeder

[junglegeorge12]

Dinh I need you to send me that kohaku in your avatar. You can ship either fedex or ups. I am here very day to receive it.


That is my way of saying I like your koi.

[KoiCop]

keeping your pond salted all the time is not recommended and it will have a negative effect on your koi long term. Salt should only be used in specific situations.

[junglegeorge12]

Where is JR these days, he has a lot of very good insight on the whole salt issue, not long ago he posted alot of very good info but I do not recall the name of the thread. Are you around JR? We miss you....

[dubtaco]

Quote: Originally Posted by koijay i keep the ph indoors at 7.6 add 2 lbs of salt per 100 gallons

20 lbs. of salt in 1000 gal. did I read that right?

[adreamer2]

No... I believe he said 2 lbs of salt to a 1000 gallons....
I weary of salt... and I wonder myself how safe.....